The Mean Value Theorem

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1 The Mean Value Theorem THEOREM (The Extreme Value Theorem): If f is continuous on a closed interval [a, b], then f attains an absolute maximum value f(c) and an absolute minimum value f(d) at some numbers c and d in [a, b]. THEOREM (Fermat s Theorem): If f has a local maximum or minimum at c, and if f (c) exists, then f (c) = 0. THEOREM (Rolle s Theorem): Let f be a function that satisfies the following three hypotheses: 1. f is continuous on the closed interval [a, b]. 2. f is differentiable on the open interval (a, b). 3. f(a) = f(b) Then there is a number c in (a, b) such that f (c) = 0. Proof: There are three cases: Case I: f(x) = k, a constant. Then f (x) = 0, so the number c can be taken to be any number in (a, b). Case II: f(x) > f(a) for some x in (a, b). By the Extreme Value Theorem, f has a maximum value somewhere in [a, b]. Since f(a) = f(b), it must attain this maximum value at a number c in the open interval (a, b). Then f has a local maximum at c and, by hypothesis 2, f is differentiable at c. Therefore, f (c) = 0 by Fermat s Theorem. Case III: f(x) < f(a) for some x in (a, b). By the Extreme Value Theorem, f has a minimum value somewhere in [a, b]. Since f(a) = f(b), it must attain this minimum value at a number c in the open interval (a, b). Then f has a local minimum at c and, by hypothesis 2, f is differentiable at c. Therefore, f (c) = 0 by Fermat s Theorem. EXAMPLE: Prove that the equation x 5 + 7x 2 = 0 has exactly one real root. 1

2 EXAMPLE: Prove that the equation x 5 + 7x 2 = 0 has exactly one real root. Solution: We first show that the equation x 5 + 7x 2 = 0 has a root. To this end we will use the Intermediate Value Theorem. In fact, let f(x) = x 5 +7x 2. Then f(0) = = 2 and f(1) = = 6. So, f(0) is negative, f(1) is positive. Since f(x) is continuous, by the Intermediate Value Theorem there is a number c between 0 and 1 such that f(c) = 0. Thus the given equation has a root. Now we show that this root is unique, that is there are no other roots. We will prove it by a contradiction. Assume to the contrary that the equation x 5 +7x 2 = 0 has at least two roots a and b, that is f(a) = 0 and f(b) = 0. Therefore f(x) satisfies hypothesis 3 of Rolle s Theorem. Of course, f also satisfies hypotheses 1 and 2 of Rolle s Theorem since f is a polynomial. Thus by Rolle s Theorem there is a number c between a and b such that f (c) = 0. But this is impossible, since f (x) = 5x > 0 for any point x in (, ). This gives a contradiction. Therefore, the equation can t have two roots. EXAMPLE: Let f be a function continuous on [0, 1] and differentiable on (0, 1). Let also f(0) = f(1) = 0. Prove that there exists a point c in (0, 1) such that f (c) = f(c). Proof: Consider the following function where x is in [0, 1]. Since g(x) = f(x)e x g(0) = f(0)e 0 = 0 1 = 0 and g(1) = f(1)e 1 = 0 e 1 = 0 it follows that g(0) = g(1) and therefore g satisfies all three hypotheses of Rolle s Theorem (note that g(x) is continuous on [0, 1] and differentiable on (0, 1) since both f and e x are continuous on [0, 1] and differentiable on (0, 1)). By Rolle s Theorem we have g (c) = 0 at some point c in (0, 1). But g (x) = (f(x)e x ) = f (x)e x + f(x)(e x ) = f (x)e x f(x)e x = e x (f (x) f(x)) hence therefore which gives 0 = g (c) = e c (f (c) f(c)) 0 = f (c) f(c) f (c) = f(c) 2

3 THE MEAN VALUE THEOREM: Let f be a function that satisfies the following hypotheses: 1. f is continuous on the closed interval [a, b]. 2. f is differentiable on the open interval (a, b). Then there is a number c in (a, b) such that or, equivalently, f (c) = = f (c)() Proof: Consider the following function h(x) = f(x) f(a) (x a) Note that this function satisfies all three hypotheses of Rolle s Theorem. In fact, the function h is continuous on [a, b] because it is the sum of f and a first-degree polynomial, both of which are continuous. The function h is differentiable on (a, b) because both f and the first-degree polynomial are differentiable. Now we show that h(a) = h(b). In fact, h(a) = f(a) f(a) (a } {{ } } {{ a } ) = 0 =0 =0 and h(b) = () = [] = 0 So, h(a) = 0, h(b) = 0, therefore h(a) = h(b). In follows that h satisfies all three hypotheses of Rolle s Theorem by which there is a number c in (a, b) such that h (c) = 0. Note that ( ( ) h (x) = f(x) f(a) (x a)) = f (x) (f(a)) (x a) = f (x) (f(a)) hence So, 0 = f (c) (x a) = f (x) 0 1 = f (x) 0 = h (c) = f (c) which gives the desired result. 3

4 EXAMPLE: Let f(x) = 4x 5 x+2, a = 0, b = 1. Since f is a polynomial, it satisfies first two hypotheses of the Mean-Value Theorem. Therefore there is a number c in (0, 1) such that f(1) f(0) = f (c)(1 0) Now f(1) = 5, f(0) = 2 and f (x) = 20x 4 1, so this equation becomes 5 2 = 20c 4 1 = 4 = 20c 4 = 4 20 = c4 = c = ± = ± But c must lie in (0, 1), so c = EXAMPLE: Suppose that f(0) = 2 and f (x) 8 for all values of x. How large can f(1) possibly be? Solution: We are given that f is differentiable everywhere, therefore it is continuous everywhere. Thus, we can use the Mean Value Theorem by which there exists a number c in [0, 1] such that f(1) f(0) = f (c)(1 0) = f(1) = f(0) + f (c)(1 0) = 2 + f (c) = 6 So, the largest possible value for f(1) is 6. Finally, if f(x) = 8x 2, then f(1) = 6, therefore the largest possible value for f(1) is 6. THEOREM: If f (x) = 0 for all x in an interval (a, b), then f is constant on (a, b). Proof: Let x 1 and x 2 be any two numbers in (a, b) with x 1 < x 2. Since f is differentiable on (a, b), it must be differentiable on (x 1, x 2 ) and continuous on [x 1, x 2 ]. Therefore we can apply the Mean Value Theorem to f on the interval [x 1, x 2 ] by which there exists a number c in (x 1, x 2 ) such that f(x 2 ) f(x 1 ) = f (c)(x 2 x 1 ) Since f (x) = 0 for all x, we have f(x 2 ) f(x 1 ) = 0 (x 2 x 1 ) = 0 = f(x 2 ) = f(x 1 ) Therefore, f has the same value at any two numbers x 1 and x 2 in (a, b). This means that f is constant on (a, b). COROLLARY: If f (x) = g (x) for all x in an interval (a, b), then f g is constant on (a, b); that is, f(x) = g(x) + c where c is a constant. 4

5 COROLLARY: If f (x) = g (x) for all x in an interval (a, b), then f g is constant on (a, b); that is, f(x) = g(x) + c where c is a constant. Proof: Let F(x) = f(x) g(x). Then F (x) = f (x) g (x) = 0 for all x in (a, b). Thus, by the Theorem above, F is constant; that is, f g is constant. REMARK: Care must be taken in applying the above Theorem. In fact, let f(x) = x 1 if x > 0 x = 1 if x < 0 The domain of f is D = {x x 0} and f (x) = 0 for all x in D. But f is obviously not a constant function. This does not contradict the above Theorem because D is not an interval. 5

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